Major challenges for the caretaker PMA caretaker Prime Minister has to be appointed in accordance with Articles 224(1A) and 224(A) of the Constitution. So far there seems to be no consensus on the name and ultimately the issue has to be...
FATA: reformed or deformed?The symbols and institutions, including political parties, that should represent and articulate people’s will and interests are rendered toothless and discredited due to pursuing narrow sectional inte...
Careless driversSir: At least 10 people were killed in separate road accidents in Balochistan and Khairpur on Friday. At least six people died and two others were injured because of two overspeeding cars near Setharj...
Schools must have psychologistsSir: It is unfortunate that our society thinks that psychologists only deal with psychotic people — the kind of people most people refer to as Pagal. This is a misconception, and needs to be addressed...
Preparing for heatwavesSir: The recent heat wave in Karachi, the biggest metropolitan city of Pakistan, claimed numerous lives in just a few days. The temperature rose to unprecedented levels, with intense humidity making t...
Cyber bullying: a silent crimeSir: Cyber bullying may be a term you are familiar with. It refers to picking on someone in order to make them feel inferior, all within cyberspace. Much like real life bullying, cyberbullying has imp...
Scourge of beggingSir: Through your estimated newspaper, I want to draw the attention of the public to the beggary problem in our society. In our bazaars, courts, railway stations, bus stands and hospitals, we always e...
FATA: is a merger the solution?The situation in the backward wilderness of the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) has been simmering for the last few years. The British imperialists called these badlands, and therefore carve...
Time for South PunjabMore than half a decade prior to the Partition of India, the units that were to form Pakistan were given the authority to administer themselves. Point three of 1940’s Lahore resolution clearly made th...
To whom do Kashmir and Kashmiris belong?After a long drawn lull in Indian mood about not talking to the Hurriyat and other stakeholders in Kashmir, Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday, May 26, 2018 that the Government of Ind...